Flatiron-holder



'- A. L. MANN- FLATIRQN HOLDER. ATION FILED 1,347, 123 Patented July 20, 1920.

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AARON L. MANN, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

FLATIRON-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1920.

Application filed February 12, 1919. Serial No. 276,650.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, AARON L. MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flatiron- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide clamping means which afford a ready adjustment of the flat iron rest in any relation to the table or board which may be desired, and to provide clamping means which can be adjusted to meet varying conditions of use.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a flat iron holder;

Fig. 2 is a view of the adjusting screw;

Fig. 3 is an under face View of the fiat iron rest; and

Fig. 4: is a top view of the bracket with the flat iron rest removed.

The device comprises a fiat iron rest 5 of the usual shape which is tapered toward its forward end and is provided under its forward end with a plurality of short legs 6 which serve to support the forward end of the device upon a table or ironing board.

On the under side of the flat iron rest near its rear end is formed an annular ring of radially arranged teeth or projections 7 which are preferably countersunk below the under surface of the rest. These teeth are designed to engage with a plurality of similar teeth 8 which upstand from the surface of an upper jaw member 9 which forms part of a clamping bracket 10, the bracket also comprising a lower jaw 11 and a connecting neck 12 of suflicient length to space the jaws a maximum distance to permit engagement with tables or boards of varying thicknesses. The upper jaw is of generally circular formation with the neck member 12 outstanding from the rear side thereof. The set of teeth 8 are located at or near the point of intersection between the rounded jaw member 9 and the neck and are adapted to interlock with the selected set of annularly arranged countersunk teeth 7 so that with the teeth thus engaged the lower surface of the iron rest will bear flush upon the surface of the upper jaw and afford a close contact therewith. This contact is maintained by means of an adjustable screw 13 provided with a slotted head 14. The screw at its upper end is without threads, being entered through a smooth hole formed in the iron rest at a point centrally disposed with respect to the annularly arranged teeth, and the lower end of the screw is threaded into the center of the upper jaw member so that by means of a screw driver or the like the iron rest can be drawn tightly down upon the top of the upper aw, with the teeth in interlocking relation so as to hold the iron rest at any angular position of adjustment with respect to the clamping bracket.

The lower jaw of the clamping bracket is provided in its center with a thumb screw 16 which is adapted to bear against the under surface of a table or ironing board for the purpose of clamping the bracket tightly thereto. The arrangement is one which permits the bracket member to be clamped in fixed relation to the edge of the table or ironing board in such position as may be most convenient, after which the iron rest can bereadily adjusted to any desired angle without disturbing the clamping jaw or removing the latter from the table. This is accomplished by reason of the fact that the upper end of the screw 13 is exposed through the surface of the iron rest in position to be readily adjusted by a screw driver or the like. The means provided for clamp ing the iron rest to the upper jaw of the bracket are such as to afford a very tight grip between the parts, so that not only will accidental rotation be prevented but the parts maintained in close and firm facial contact by the simple expedient of tightening the adjusting screw.

I claim:

In a flat iron holder, the combination of a fiat iron rest provided on its under side with a plurality of short legs for contact with the surface of a table or the like, the rest being provided on its under face near one end with an annularly disposed row of teeth countersunk within said surface, a bracket member having a flat surface for contacting the under surface of the rest and an upstanding tooth adapted to interlock with a selected depression between two teeth in the countersunk row on the rest, a screw freely entered through the rest and having its head countersunk within and exposed through the upper surface thereof for facilitating adjustment, the lower end of the screw being threaded into the upper jaw AARON L. MANN. 

